About Us
We Turn Ideas Into Brands
Stellen Design is a boutique graphic design and branding agency based in Los Angeles, CA. We do contract design and branding work for many startups and small to midsize businesses. And not to name names, but a few corporate companies like California Pizza Kitchen.
Your company’s brand is the personification of the big vision inside your mind. It’s your best, 24/7 salesperson. It’s a unifying force that promotes pride within your organization and makes your customers feel understood. In short, your brand is a boss. Translating your sales pitch into a visual language and tone that resonates with your ideal customers is easier said than done. That’s why our branding agency, Stellen Design exists. We take the burden of interpreting your ideas off your hands. Our branding agency specializes in taking a company’s authentic story and shaping it into a visual presence through our practical and thoughtful design approach. If you are looking for a small and mighty branding agency that will handle your branding with love, excitement, and integrity… let’s talk!
Brands We Have Partnered With …
Our Process is Pragmatic
We Listen & Learn
We Plan
We Wow
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Who We Work With
Ways to Work With Us
Project Basis: Brand and Website projects are done on a per project basis as well as other graphic design specific jobs.
Retainer Packages: Stellen Design becomes your personal branding agency & design team constantly working on growing and nurturing your brand.
Strategy Workshops: If you are still in the beginning stages of building your business, or are unclear on what you need, a brand workshop is the perfect solution. We work closely with you to outline your business goals, define your brand and get you profitable.
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What is Brand?
What does Stellen mean?
mir vorstellen is the German word for imagine
erstellen is the German word for create
Imagine + Create = Stellen
We Are Small and Mighty.
We Believe
- Design should be good, clean, and fun
- In doing good work for good people.
- If you do it right, it will last.
- When in doubt, keep simple, less is always more.
We Are
- Dedicated to top quality design and branding.
- Insanely passionate about simple logo marks.
- California vibes.
- About as practical as a fanny pack.
We Are Not
- A pretentious branding agency.
- White labeling overseas designers.
- Going for volume of work. Quality over quantity.
- Your social media person.
Branding Articles
The Best Brand Colors for Restaurants
Are you opening a restaurant or questioning your existing restaurants’ exciting brand colors? You might be wondering what the best brand colors for a restaurant are? I have helped countless restaurateurs establish their brands and choose the right colors for their restaurants! Do you
Steps to prepare your business for franchising
Dreaming of franchising? Fantastic idea! Franchising is a great way to grow when you have reached the peak of what you can do on your own. It allows your business to grow beyond your capabilities. It’s the model that helped McDonalds grow to over 40,000
What makes a good logo?
What makes a good logo? Have you ever wondered if your logo was good or not? Did you have it done 10 years ago and are you wondering if it’s still working for you? In my years as a brand designer I have had to
On The Gram
Why get your logo right before growth??? Because it will save you time, money and your sanity!!
Branding is the process of developing a persona for your business. Much like a person needs clothes so does your business! Branding is a way to dress your business to attract the ideal clients you WANT!
Our client, Professional Window Washers wanted to work with larger clients... they went through the re-brand process and booked not only the Hilton Hotel, but also a local Simon Mall... huge accounts for them!
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Anyone else starting to feel really icky with all the sales tactics out there that make you feel like you MUST buy someones course because it`s how they make a million dollars a year??
While I know my clients see a boost in profitability (branding works, it`s proven), I never want to sell them on a financial number. It`s not my place. I help them build the brand, after that it`s up to them to raise it. Coaches who brag about their income make me super suspicious lol....
Legacy logos are logos are logos that were created for brands that have been around for decades or even centuries. Harley Davidson is one of those brands. They were founded over 120 years ago in 1903... back in 1903 they were not thinking about how their logo would work as a favicon on a website or for a mobile app... This is an example of how a legacy brand had to adapt to modernize their legacy logo that holds billions of dollars in brand equity.
There is a fine line here... adapt and modernize, but don`t change it too much where it looks like you are having an identity crisis!
This dog logo mark has inspired me to brush up on my animal logo skills... I have always loved making animal logos but I fell into a slump of busy work and it had been a while since I had to do an animal logo... when I started working on SC Pup N` Stuff I found myself struggling. Adapting the shapes of the dogs body to simple geometric shapes was not working for me like it used to.
I worked through the discomfort and got to this mark that I am proud of. Now I am trying to make it a habit to mess around with a new animal at least once a month!
Logo design is such a process!!! I always go through the "ugh this is just not it" phase and doubt myself, but I have to remember, if it doesn`t look right, it just means it`s not done!
Why does your logo need to be a one color design??? Just incase you want to emboss it on some leather!!! Well, that is just one reason but it is very important to make sure you love your logo design as a simple one color... don`t fall in love with the color, there will be times you can`t use color and you want to make sure it`s still a strong design!
